
Legends
The Legends section of our website is a key part of the process. It makes available informed biographies of our greatest athletes and coaches in a form readily accessible by all. The texts in Legends are freely available for citation, preferably with the courtesy of acknowledgement.
We will continue to add to this collection, as we fill gaps and add our more recent outstanding Olympic, Paralympic, and World competitors such as Dame Valerie Adams, Peter Martin and Tom Walsh. Legends is offered here in the belief that the achievements of New Zealand’s past are a living part of its present and its future.

Anne Audain
Born: 1 November 1955
Discipline: 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m, Marathon, Road Racing
Club: Otahuhu Athletics Club

Allison Roe
Born: 30 May 1956
Discipline: Marathon, Road Racing
Club: Takapuna Harrier Club, Lynndale AC

Arch Jelley
Born: 13 August 1922
Discipline: Coach
Club: Mornington Harrier Club, Olympic Club Wellington, Owairaka Harriers

Arthur Lydiard
Born: 6 July 1917
Discipline: Coach
Club: Lyndale Athletics and Harrier Club, Owairaka club

Sir Arthur Porritt
Born: 1900
Discipline: 100m, 200m
Club: Wanganui Athletics Club

Avis Fletcher
Born: 19 May 1938
Discipline: 80m hurdles, 100 yards
Club: Lynndale Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club, Glen Eden Athletic and Harrier Club, Waitemata and Owairaka Athletic Club

Barry Magee
Born: 6 Feb 1934
Discipline: 5000m, 10,000m, Marathon
Club: Auckland

Beatrice Faumuina
Born: 23 October 1974
Discipline: Discus
Club: Owairaka AC

Bill Baillie
Born: 28 May 1934
Discipline: 880 yards, One Mile, 5000m, 20000m, Marathon
Club: Lynndale Athletic Club

Bill Lean
Born: 1942
Discipline: Shot, Discus, Javelin, Pentathlon
Club: Parafed Otago

Bryan Rose
Born: 1943
Discipline: Cross Country, Road, 5000m
Club: Wellington Harriers

Dame Valerie Adams
Born: 1984
Discipline: Shot Put
Club: Pakuranga AC